Author: BooMan

Joe Biden for President?

Ron Goldstein makes the case for Biden in Newsweek. I have confessed in the past that I have always liked Joe Biden. He’s my kind of guy. I even find some of his shortcomings endearing. For example, I love his big...

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Open Thread

Here’s a teaser for my Time Machine article: Toufanian’s assessment of Rumsfeld is contained in an Aug. 1 memo: “Toufanian asked what kind of man was the present Secretary of Defense and then answered his own...

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Time Machine: Revisiting Rumsfeld’s Iran

Whatever your interest in the alternative fuel potential of “wood chips and stalks of switch grass”, most of the world was watching last night’s State of the Union speech to see what Bush had to say about Iran....

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My Take on the SOTU

I watched the SOTU with the Philly Chapter of Drinking Liberally and it was hard to hear over the loud jeering. So, I thought I’d go over to the National Review to see what really happened…ya know…from a...

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Thoughts on the Current Crisis

Someone recently asked me how I got so involved in politics…what was the catalyzing event? For me, the event was the impeachment of Bill Clinton. That whole process opened my eyes about the nature of the forces arrayed...

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